Turkey says Swedish journalist detained on terror charges and for ‘insulting the president’ (www.theguardian.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 12:21
https://lemmy.world/post/27569823

Summary

Turkish authorities arrested Swedish journalist Joakim Medin on charges of “membership in an armed terrorist organisation” and “insulting the president” after he arrived to cover protests over Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s detention.

The presidency linked Medin to the banned PKK group and a 2023 Stockholm protest involving an effigy of Erdogan.

Medin’s paper called the charges “absurd,” and Sweden’s foreign minister vowed to intervene.

Turkey also deported BBC’s Mark Lowen and released 11 other detained journalists, amid an escalating crackdown on media during nationwide anti-government protests.

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CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml on 30 Mar 12:34 next collapse

Living your life as a journalist in Sweden for all these years without any crime history at all; but getting hit via terror charges while visiting Turkey. Try trialing this at any country with proper justice and the case would be dismissed immediately.

hardware26@discuss.tchncs.de on 30 Mar 12:38 collapse

“Terrorism” has had a very loose definition in Turkey for years. Pretty much any anti-government activity or criticism can be labelled as such.

OmegaLemmy@discuss.online on 30 Mar 19:06 collapse

Half the nation is a terrorist, I could get arrested for half the things I think in one day

seven_phone@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 13:40 next collapse

Do you think they will put this in the ‘Türkiye Awaits You’ ads?

kent_eh@lemmy.ca on 30 Mar 17:12 next collapse

Coming soon to a “democracy” near you…

RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 19:26 next collapse

Not a good look to call your own president a “sweaty nutsack who is terrified of some mean words”.

Dude might want to get a new security agency.

random_character_a@lemmy.world on 02 Apr 06:42 collapse

This is the country that is all pissy for not being considered for EU membership.

We already have one authoritarian shit stain to deal with, don’t need another one.